Besides that, why would you leave a perfectly good roadway in this case?
By following the GPS like it's a religion. I know, it doesn't make sense, but there are people that do it without EVER questioning "Why is it telling me to turn onto this here dirt road in the middle of BFE when we are still 6 hours from our destination?"
I'll take a road map over GPS any da
I find that the GPS is extremely useful as a moving map, so
it's still a map that just happens to plot your position. I find it very useful to keep track of upcoming exits and turns in city traffic, and for finding street addresses (mine is fairly accurate, generally good enough to get you within sight of the place, if not at the actual turn-in). I do have the voice turned off and I don't follow it like it's a cult. They are very nice to have IF you know how to utilize the strengths and deal with the weaknesses.
hopefully had survival gear,
Most people think survival gear is a cellphone and a credit card. They MIGHT have had one of those el cheapo emergency kits (you know, the kind with a cheap flashlight that's always got dead batteries, thin little jumper cables, couple of screwdrivers and a crescent wrench, maybe a worthless little first aid kit). Stuff that's virtually useless.
Very little of the population packs anything decent as emergency gear and they don't have the skills to do stuff from scratch, either...heck, most of the population doesn't even carry a pocketknife, for chrissakes, or own knives that aren't kitchen knives.
And that little button-thingy in the dash that gets really hot when you push i
Honestly, I don't even have the cig lighter for my truck anymore and a good portion of the non-smokers I know have long since lost theirs after they removed it to plug in some accessory...